Two federal agencies are planning to collaborate in the next fiscal year to address long-term care workforce issues in nursing home settings, according to a report released Thursday.
The report, published by the Government Accountability Office, identified gaps and limitations in data about direct care workers, such as nursing assistants and home health aides, that hinder workforce planning efforts.
Among those gaps is a lack of data from the Department of Health and Human Services’ Health Resources and Services Administration on the supply and demand of the direct care workforce, the GAO said. HRSA has not produced an assessment of direct care worker data in more than 10 years, despite the creation of new data sources.

CampusRN members are students/alumni of the following Missouri schools (partial list):

Avila University
Barnes-Jewish College
Columbia College
Cox College of Nursing and Health Sciences
Graceland University
Hannibal-LaGrange College
Lincoln University - Fort Leonard Wood
Lincoln University - Jefferson City
Lutheran School of Nursing

Missouri Southern State University
Missouri State University - Springfield
Missouri State University - West Plains
Missouri Western State University
North Central Missouri College
Park University
Research College of Nursing
Saint Louis Community College
Saint Louis University

Southeast Missouri State University
Southwest Baptist University
Three Rivers Community College
University of Missouri - Columbia
University of Missouri - Kansas City
University of Missouri - St Louis
Webster University
William Jewell College